Book-holder



D. L. RAND.

BOOK HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED MAR.29,1919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

'PATENT OFFICE.

' DAVID L. AI-LAN'D,V OF AYR, N ORTH DAKOTA.

a, vBook-HOLDER.V

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented. Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed March 29, 1919. Serial No. 286,019.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID L. RAND, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Ayr, inthe county of vCass andState of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin ABook-Holders, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to book holders and has for its object theprovision of a comparatively simple and thoroughly efficient devicel ofthis character by means of which a book or pamphlet may be convenientlyheld in open position when reading or copying therefrom.

A further object 'of the invention is to provide a book holder orsupport including a back plate having a marginal ange spaced from thefront thereof to form an intermediate pocket for the reception of abook,

there being a bail pivotally `connected with said back plate whereby theholder may be tilted so as to support the book at any desired angle orinclination.

A further object` `s to provide a book holder constructed from a singlesheet of metal, the upper edge of which is rolled into cylindrical formto produce a socket or keeper for the adjacent ends of the supportingbail, there being incisions formed in the metal at the opposite ends ofthe keeper and the metal at such incisions being bent laterally toproduce stop ears or lugs for limiting the tilting movement fof thesupporting bail.

A still further. object of the'invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefficiency.

Figure `1 is a perspective view of a book holder constructed inaccordance with the cated in all the views of the drawings byV the samereference characters.

The improved book holder forming the subject-matter of the presentinvention is preferably constructed from'a single sheet of metal of thegeneral contour shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings andcomprises a back plate 5 having its lower' longitudinal edge bentupwardly to form will possess suflicient resiliency toaretaining'iian'ge 6l and its opposite ends bent inwardly to formtransverse retaining lianges 7 and 8. The flanges 6,7 and 8 are spacedlaterally from the front lof the back plate to forman intermediatepocket 9 for rthe reception of avbook orA pamphlet, indicated at 10,said flanges by engagement with the leaves of the book serving to holdthe book infopen position when reading or copying therefrom. The metalof which the holder is formed Vis .preferablycut away at the lowercorners of the blank, as indicated at 11, so that when the flanges 7 and8 are folded. inwardly the metal at the corners of said flanges will bespaced slightly from the adjacent ends of the .longitudinal flange 6.

By making the iianges in this manner they clamp the book in position'onthe back plate and prevent accidental turning of the leaves. The upperends of the end flanges 7 and 8 are preferably inclined downwardly at 12and spaced inwardly from the upper edge of the back plate so asy topermit the ready insertion and removal of the book from the pocket 9.The upper edge of the metal of which the back plate is formed ispreferably rolled into cylindrical form, as indicated at 13, to producea tubular socket 14 adapted to receive the fadfacent ends of asupporting bail 15. 4The supporting bail 15 is preferably formed of asingle length of wire,l the ends of which are inserted in the adjacentends of the tubular socket 14, said bail serving to support the holderin upright posi-- tion on av desk, table or the like.

Suitable kerfs or incisions 16 are formed in the metal at the oppositeends of the tubular member 13 and the metal at said incisions bentlaterally to form stop ears or lugs 17 which serve to limit the outwardpivotal movement of the supporting bail 15. By bending the ears or lugs17 outwardly the inclination of the supporting bail 15 may be variedat'will so as to support the book at any desired angle or inclination.The metal after the ears or lugs 17 are formed'is bent inwardly at 18 inContact with the rear surface of the back plate 5 so as to form ineffect a closure or lock which prevents withdrawal of the ends of thebail from within the socket 14.

It will thus be seen that the flanges 6, 7 and 8 by engagement with theleaves of the book or pamphlet serve to hold the book in open positionsothat said book may be consoy or otherwise disarranged when in use.

veniently supported on a desk, table orthe like when reading or copyingtherefrom without Vthe necessity of the user manually the leaves loftheV book will retain said book in osition on the/back plate. Y Y

llt) will, of course, be understood that the holders maybe made indifferent sizes and shapes Vand nickeled, gilded or otherwise finishedto give them a neat attractive appearance. y Having thus described isclaimed as-new is: Y LA'book holder comprising a substantiallylrectangular' l'back plate having its lower longitudinal edge and itsend walls Vbent,inwardly and spaced from said back plate to form pocketfor the reception yor a ibook, the metal at the' upper longitudinal`edge ofthe back plate being bent the invention7 what to produce asocket, there being incisions formed inthe metal at the opposite endsVbackplate, and a supporting bail having its endsfseated within thesocket, said lugs by yengagement with the-'bail servingto llimitthepivotal movement thereof.

Y 2Q A book holder comprising a substanl tially'rectangular blank havingits corners out away and its lower longitudinal' edge and end'walls bentinwardly in'spaced relation to the blank to form a pocket-for-the edgeof the blank being provided with spaced incisions-and the metal betweensaid Y incisions rolled into substantially cylindrir` cal form at therearffaceof the-*blank to i'orm a socket, the metal betweenV the incicsions andthe adj acentl ends ofthe "blank being bent laterally to formstop lugs and `thence vbent inwardly in contact with the blank to form.closures for the socket, anda supporting bail having its endsinsertediin the. socket and pivotally connected there-v with7 said lugsby engagement with 'the` bail serving Ato limit thel "pivotal 4movementthereof. -V Y i .In testimony whereof 1 aliix my signature.V

receptiono a book, the upper longitudinal` Y

